Karthi was awarded the Best Actor in the lead role award at Behindwoods Gold Medals 2018 for his excellent performances in Theeran Adhigaram Ondru and Kaatru Veliyidai.

Karthi's Speech: "This award is completely unexpected. All the appreciation goes to the people who did the research. I would like to thank the team for giving me the opportunity to play this role. I am glad that people have noticed the effort. I would like to talk about something here, from our childhood, everyone has taught us that we need to achieve big in life.

No one taught us how to balance life and work in general. Today, on the occasion of father's day I would like to request all fathers to spend some special time with their daughters and sons."